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Political Cornflakes: White House press secretary denies accusation that Trump used the N-word — but said she ‘can’t guarantee’ Americans will never hear him say it

In her new memoir about her time at the White House, former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is accusing President Donald Trump of using the N-word during a taping of his reality television show “The Apprentice.” And though White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday she had never heard the president utter a racial slur, she also couldn’t say Americans would never hear him say the derogatory term. “I can’t guarantee anything,” she said. [Politico]

Topping the news: One year since the launch of Operation Rio Grande, police say Salt Lake City has seen a nearly 26 percent reduction in crime, despite increases in robbery, assault and burglary in some districts south of downtown.